DIY Birch Bark Bud Vases + A Spring Giveaway

Are you excited for spring, yet? The temperatures get warmer, the days start getting longer, and color begins to burst through the ground. Getting your home ready to welcome it is a great way to hurry spring along. Start by making these DIY birch bark bud vases. They will give you somewhere to display those first violets that pop up in your yard! Then keep reading to see the awesome surprise my friends and I have to finish getting your home spring-ready. See? There are hundreds of reasons to be excited!

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Getting your home ready to welcome it is a great way to hurry spring along. Start by making these DIY birch bark bud vases to display those first violets!

DIY Birch Bark Bud Vases Materials

 

Getting your home ready to welcome it is a great way to hurry spring along. Start by making these DIY birch bark bud vases to display those first violets!

Step 1

Clean your jars including removing any labels. For my vases, I used an old baby food jar and a small pizza sauce jar.

Tip:

 

Getting your home ready to welcome it is a great way to hurry spring along. Start by making these DIY birch bark bud vases to display those first violets!

Step 2

Pull out your birch strips and have them ready to attach to your vases.

 

Getting your home ready to welcome it is a great way to hurry spring along. Start by making these DIY birch bark bud vases to display those first violets!

Step 3

Start attaching your birch strips around the bottom of your jar. Do this by adding a line of hot glue and firmly pressing a birch strip to it.

 

Getting your home ready to welcome it is a great way to hurry spring along. Start by making these DIY birch bark bud vases to display those first violets!

Step 4

Trim your birch strips so that there is a small overlap.

Step 5

Secure the birch overlap with a dab of hot glue.

 

Getting your home ready to welcome it is a great way to hurry spring along. Start by making these DIY birch bark bud vases to display those first violets!

Step 6

Continue covering your jar by repeating steps 3 through 5 until you have reached the top of your jar.

Tip:

Step 7

Once you reach the top of your jar you have 2 options for finishing it:

If there is enough excess on the top birch strip add a second line of glue around the mouth of the jar and press the top of the strip firmly to it.

 

Getting your home ready to welcome it is a great way to hurry spring along. Start by making these DIY birch bark bud vases to display those first violets!

Getting your home ready to welcome it is a great way to hurry spring along. Start by making these DIY birch bark bud vases to display those first violets!

Step 8

Repeat steps 2 through 7 for your second jar.

 

Getting your home ready to welcome it is a great way to hurry spring along. Start by making these DIY birch bark bud vases to display those first violets!

Getting your home ready to welcome it is a great way to hurry spring along. Start by making these DIY birch bark bud vases to display those first violets!

Getting your home ready to welcome it is a great way to hurry spring along. Start by making these DIY birch bark bud vases to display those first violets!

Getting your home ready to welcome it is a great way to hurry spring along. Start by making these DIY birch bark bud vases to display those first violets!

Getting your home ready to welcome it is a great way to hurry spring along. Start by making these DIY birch bark bud vases to display those first violets!

Getting your home ready to welcome it is a great way to hurry spring along. Start by making these DIY birch bark bud vases to display those first violets!

Getting your home ready to welcome it is a great way to hurry spring along. Start by making these DIY birch bark bud vases to display those first violets!

These DIY birch bark bud vases are a super simple and sweet spring décor addition. As you can see, I chose to use fake flowers in mine. They can easily be used for fresh flowers too. When it is time to clean them, add a dab of soap and water to a baby bottle brush and carefully scrub the inside. Next, rinse out your brush and use the damp brush to rinse out the soap from your vase. Avoid getting the wood on the outside wet. Now are you ready to take your spring refresh to the next level? My friends and I are having a $380 spring giveaway to make it easier! Enter below for your chance to win.

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Meet the hosts of the Spring Giveaway

Erlene ~ My Pinterventures Shirley ~ Intelligent Domestications Carrie ~ Curly Crafty Mom Kati ~ Houseful of Handmade Amanda ~ The Kolb Corner Megan ~ C’mon Get Crafty Jennifer ~ Ever After in the Woods Roxanne ~ The Honeycomb Home Holly ~ Pink Fortitude Marie ~ DIY Adulation Erin ~ Suburban Simplicity Jenn ~ Loveland Lodge Michelle ~ Our Crafty Mom Donna ~ Two Chicks and A Mom Kim ~ Made In A Day Aleisha & Marie ~ Inspiration Vault Amy ~ My Life From Home Chelsea ~ The Johnsons Plus Dog Jeannee ~ Shepherds and Chardonnay Lynn ~ Back to the South Emily ~ Two Purple Couches

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DIY Monogrammed Tote Bag

I don’t know about you but I love the beach! If our house were a dictatorship, with me as queen, every family vacation would be to the Gulf Coast. Unfortunately, we take turns deciding destinations. This means more often than not our trips consist of hiking and camping. If your family vacation finds you -anywhere off of the trails, this is the perfect do-it-yourself project for you. This monogrammed tote bag can be customized to your style and holds everything you’ll need for a day out! (Or you can do what I did and give it as a wonderful gift.)

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Whether you're hitting the beach or traveling historical sites with your family, get yourself vacation ready with this DIY monogrammed tote bag!

 

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Materials

 

Whether you're hitting the beach or traveling historical sites with your family, get yourself vacation ready with this DIY monogrammed tote bag!

 

Whether you're hitting the beach or traveling historical sites with your family, get yourself vacation ready with this DIY monogrammed tote bag!

Step 1

Using your fabric marker, draw the initial you want in the middle of your tote bag.

Tips:

  • You will need to go over the initial multiple times to darken it. Think of it as multiple coats of paint.
  • If you would like, you can add decorative swashes to it (as I did).
  • If you don’t trust (or like) your handwriting, you can use a stencil for your monogram.

 

Whether you're hitting the beach or traveling historical sites with your family, get yourself vacation ready with this DIY monogrammed tote bag!

Step 2

Once the paint has dried, go over the design with a heat tool.

Tip:

  • Hold the tool at least 12 inches from your design if you are using the same bag in the photos. The material it is made of will melt if exposed to the extreme heat that a heat gun can put out.

 

Whether you're hitting the beach or traveling historical sites with your family, get yourself vacation ready with this DIY monogrammed tote bag!

Step 3

Next, remove the metal clips from your flowers as well as any packaging.

Tip:

  • The flower clips pictured were easy to disassemble. Gently pulling on the clip made it come right off.

 

Whether you're hitting the beach or traveling historical sites with your family, get yourself vacation ready with this DIY monogrammed tote bag!

Whether you're hitting the beach or traveling historical sites with your family, get yourself vacation ready with this DIY monogrammed tote bag!

Step 4

Cut the remaining stems off of your flowers.

 

Whether you're hitting the beach or traveling historical sites with your family, get yourself vacation ready with this DIY monogrammed tote bag!

Step 5

Add a generous amount of hot glue to the back of one of your flowers and adhere it to your tote.

Tip:

  • Let the glue cool slightly before pressing the flower to your tote. A few seconds should be enough. You simply don’t want the glue to melt through the bag.
  • Slide your hand inside the tote and press firmly from behind to better secure the flower.

 

Whether you're hitting the beach or traveling historical sites with your family, get yourself vacation ready with this DIY monogrammed tote bag!

Step 6

Repeat step 5 with each remaining flower you would like on your tote bag.

 

Whether you're hitting the beach or traveling historical sites with your family, get yourself vacation ready with this DIY monogrammed tote bag!

Step 7

Allow everything to cool and then use as wanted.

 

Whether you're hitting the beach or traveling historical sites with your family, get yourself vacation ready with this DIY monogrammed tote bag!

Whether you're hitting the beach or traveling historical sites with your family, get yourself vacation ready with this DIY monogrammed tote bag!

Whether you're hitting the beach or traveling historical sites with your family, get yourself vacation ready with this DIY monogrammed tote bag!

Whether you're hitting the beach or traveling historical sites with your family, get yourself vacation ready with this DIY monogrammed tote bag!

This monogrammed tote makes a perfect beach bag because of the size and material of it. Of course, you will love it so much that you’ll be happy to sling it on your shoulder even if your family adventures don’t take you to the sand. To wash, simply wipe your tote down with a damp cloth. Mild soap is okay if needed but no bleach or heavy duty cleaners. Also, be sure to wipe it down by hand. The washer will make the flowers come off. Lastly, if your little girl will be traveling with you, make her this adorable little purse to show off on your trip!

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Amazing DIY Floral Hat

You always want to make mom feel special no matter what day of the year it is. Mother’s Day is an excellent time (and reminder) to make her a special DIY gift to say “You are awesome and I love you”. If you saw the recent fun blog hop you already got 4 amazing budget crafts to surprise her with this year. Of course, true to form, while shopping for that craft I found more awesome materials for budget crafts. In keeping with the Mother’s Day fashion trend, here is an amazing DIY floral hat to make her day.

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This is such an easy and beautiful DIY floral hat. This is the perfect personalized gift for the gardening mom or the fashionista mom.

 

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This is such an easy and beautiful DIY floral hat. This is the perfect personalized gift for the gardening mom or the fashionista mom.

Materials

 

This is such an easy and beautiful DIY floral hat. This is the perfect personalized gift for the gardening mom or the fashionista mom.

Step 1

Remove all tags from your hat.

 

This is such an easy and beautiful DIY floral hat. This is the perfect personalized gift for the gardening mom or the fashionista mom.

Step 2

Remove current ribbon from hat.

Tip:

  • Don’t just yank the ribbon off. Find where (or if) it is attached to the hat and pull it off starting there.

Step 3

Wrap your new ribbon around your hat to measure length being sure that there is ½” overlap. Cut the ribbon.

 

This is such an easy and beautiful DIY floral hat. This is the perfect personalized gift for the gardening mom or the fashionista mom.

Step 4

Add a dab of hot glue to the front side of one end of your ribbon. Next, place the back side of the second end on top of the glue. (This should be as it was wrapped around the hat when you were measuring.)

 

This is such an easy and beautiful DIY floral hat. This is the perfect personalized gift for the gardening mom or the fashionista mom.

This is such an easy and beautiful DIY floral hat. This is the perfect personalized gift for the gardening mom or the fashionista mom.

Step 5

Cut a small piece of ribbon that is as long as double the ribbon’s width. Wrap it around your glued seam as pictured. Secure in place with hot glue.

 

This is such an easy and beautiful DIY floral hat. This is the perfect personalized gift for the gardening mom or the fashionista mom.

Step 6

Slide the ribbon back over the hat, aligning the seam on one side. Secure ribbon to hat by placing hot glue on the seam and pressing firmly to a hat.

Tip:

  • Be careful when attaching to your hat. The glue may seep through the straw and it is very hot.

 

This is such an easy and beautiful DIY floral hat. This is the perfect personalized gift for the gardening mom or the fashionista mom.

Step 7

Remove 2 flowers from the stems.

 

This is such an easy and beautiful DIY floral hat. This is the perfect personalized gift for the gardening mom or the fashionista mom.

Step 8

Cut the remaining stem off of the back of the flowers and apply hot glue to one. Firmly press flower to the side of the hat opposite the ribbon seam.

 

This is such an easy and beautiful DIY floral hat. This is the perfect personalized gift for the gardening mom or the fashionista mom.

Step 9

Attach your second flower with hot glue next to the first.

Tips:

  • Place the flowers close together for a fuller effect. You don’t want any of the hat to show between them. See the picture for reference.
  • It also helps to attach flowers with what would be the stem end of the flowers facing toward each other.

 

This is such an easy and beautiful DIY floral hat. This is the perfect personalized gift for the gardening mom or the fashionista mom.

This is such an easy and beautiful DIY floral hat. This is the perfect personalized gift for the gardening mom or the fashionista mom.

This is such an easy and beautiful DIY floral hat. This is the perfect personalized gift for the gardening mom or the fashionista mom.

This is such an easy and beautiful DIY floral hat. This is the perfect personalized gift for the gardening mom or the fashionista mom.

This is such an easy and beautiful DIY floral hat. This is the perfect personalized gift for the gardening mom or the fashionista mom.

This is such an easy and beautiful DIY! It can be personalized to specific styles and tastes, too. This can be the perfect gift for the gardening mom or the fashionista mom. Whichever style your mom rocks, she will love getting this gift for Mother’s Day. Sweeten the holiday and make it spectacular for her with one of these awesome and totally free activities. Enjoy making beautiful memories with mom this year and have a very happy Mother’s Day.

 

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